SSHRC Exchange Publication Awards – Spring 2022 Call for Applications
The Vice-President Academic and Research will make available up to two awards to support the publication of manuscripts, written or edited by 69´«Ã½faculty, by Island Studies Press (ISP). These awards are being funded by a SSHRC Institutional Grant; therefore, the subject matter of the publication must be compatible with SSHRC’s mandate (see for more information).
The awards of $5,000 each will be disbursed to ISP to cover publication costs (including editing, photo and other permissions, design, printing, marketing, and other costs associated with publishing a book). Authors will be offered ISP’s standard publication contract, which ensures authorial copyright and includes a royalty structure. Authors will also see their manuscripts reviewed through a peer-review process where appropriate.
ELIGIBILITY: Manuscripts that are written and/or edited by 69´«Ã½faculty, including contract and sessional faculty, are eligible. The manuscripts may be single- or multi-authored results of academic research projects; textbooks; edited proceedings of a conference; or works of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, or drama that pertain to the author's or authors' discipline. The subject matter of the manuscript must meet SSHRC’s mandate.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 2, 2022
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